Cheng Ran was a little surprised that Xie Feibai had set up his own shop, and it looked quite professional. After an on-site inspection, he found that they were actually working seriously this time, and the organizational skills of these people were beyond Cheng Ran's expectations. In fact, Cheng Ran felt that if he had the channels, it would be good to let him build the Internet cafe on the second floor. Tianxing Dojo itself needed helpers, and if Xie Feibai and others joined, as long as the general framework was determined, it would actually save a lot of trouble.
This matter was tentatively decided, and Xie Feibai and the others could follow their own ideas. Originally, Cheng Ran did not plan to start the construction of the second floor so soon because he was short of money and wanted to wait for the first floor to open and the subsequent income from the board game, but with Qin Xizhen's two million yuan of funds, of course he could do whatever he wanted now.
As the conversation progressed that day, Xie Feibai, Lu Sha and others were extremely excited and couldn't wait to go back and implement the plan immediately. They were very motivated. Xie Feibai contributed computer dealer channels, and Lu Sha said that her family had government connections and that they could let her know if they needed help.
In fact, this aspect is not used at all. At that time, Internet cafes were new things and the management was quite loose. If the Tianxing Daoguan in the future wanted to open an Internet cafe as large as the second floor, it would be more than 300 square meters. It would have to install sprinkler facilities and report to the provincial fire department. Generally, this link is the most difficult to pass. After obtaining the fire certificate, you must also apply for a cultural certificate. After obtaining the cultural certificate, you must go to the Internet monitoring department to apply for an Internet business license. Finally, you need to apply for a business license from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, which is the least difficult link. But the overall process time cost and relationship management are quite time-consuming and labor-intensive.
But now is the age of Internet cafes, and Internet culture business licenses are still free. Once the materials are submitted, the whole process can be completed in a dozen days. Zhao Qing can run these.
This episode determined the construction of the second floor of Tianxingdao Hall, and Xie Feibai and his party joined in. On Cheng Qi's side, the Lianzhong platform created by "Double Qi" also began to prepare for launch.
Although Cheng Ran came up with the idea for Lianzhong, the operation was still handed over to Cheng Qi and his classmate Ren Qi. The equity structure of the entire platform was that Ren Qi held 20%, Cheng Qi and Cheng Ran each held 40%, and all operations were handed over to Cheng Qi.
"How much did it cost?" Cheng Ran asked Cheng Qi.
"It cost more than 270,000 yuan, and we had 15 servers set up in five provinces and ten cities. Ren Qi and two of his former junior colleagues from the Computer Association were working on the website, and they were paid. We also found some channels for advertising through board games. But after discussing it with Ren Qi, we both felt that the coverage was still too low. For an online game platform, we still had to go online. However, we found several forums to promote it, but the results were not ideal."
Cheng Ran said he would think of a solution.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Ran called Uncle Xie and wanted to place an advertisement on the Sitong website. Of course, this time Cheng Ran took the initiative to ask for money. Xie Qian helped him promote CQ and the waistband was still on the Sitong website. Now the number of CQ users is increasing every day. In the future, Cheng Ran may have to use Uncle Xie's portal website for promotion. After all, Xie Qian is only the CEO, and there are shareholders and a board of directors behind him. It is not good to use backdoors every time.
Xie Qian listened to Cheng Ran's description and nodded, "Okay! Then I'll charge your brother for this. According to our advertising standards, for one month, you can get a text ad on the homepage, and I'll give you a small picture ad on the homepage and a recommended ad on the technology category homepage. The total will be 15,000. You can ask your brother to talk to our assistant, and I'll give you a call..."
After talking about all this, Xie Qian finally said, "I will return to Chengdu next month, and then we will meet. We plan to do something big next year. Please help me with some details, and I will refer to your opinions as young people..."
Xie Qian is now considered by the outside world to have a keen strategic vision and quick execution ability. In fact, Cheng Ran thinks that his strength lies in his ability to see the key points from the opinions. Otherwise, if he doesn't get the key points of the advice he gave him, it will be useless. This is probably the ability that a person in his position should have.
There were advertisements on the Sitong website, as well as promotions for the accompanying cards for Three Kingdoms Kill. Ourgame World was launched, with more than 200 people online that day and web traffic exceeding 10,000.
Cheng Qi, who hadn't slept all night, called Cheng Ran and said that compared to board games, this was a bit of a blow to his confidence.
Cheng Ran told him that this was just the beginning and he had to be patient. Of course, this was also because Cheng Ran knew that there were precedents to rely on, and those things that had no reference at the beginning but were made by people, in many cases, were probably just accidental and the persistence of the parties involved.
From a historical perspective, the emergence of many things is inevitable, just like the Internet cafes in the Internet age. If you don't open the first one, there will always be someone else who will come out. This is the trend. Looking further ahead, when the demand accumulates there, there will always be a fuse that ignites the powder keg. This is true for many things in the future.
After Lianzhong World was launched, Cheng Qi didn't sleep for two days. On the third day, he slept for a whole day. On the fourth day, he called Cheng Ran and told him something. "There are high-quality imitations of Three Kingdoms on the market now. The materials are about 90% of the original ones. The other party has also invested a lot of money, and even sold them as our authentic products in some retail outlets. Who is this person? He can't make much money by doing this... Is there any pirated product in this world that doesn't make much money and desperately pursues the quality of the authentic product? And I have asked the agent, and it is currently spreading within the province, and the other party has not yet opened up channels to the outside world."
Pirated products are no better than genuine products, so of course they do not need to be sold across regions, as that would unnecessarily increase costs. In addition, there are also local pirates, creating a barrier between them.
Cheng Ran asked, "Can you find the source?"
Cheng Qi shook his head. "You think your brother is Superman. I have limited manpower in my studio. We have to maintain the operation of the board game and build the Lianzhong platform at the same time. Where can we get more manpower?"
Cheng Ran said, "Then let's wait and see if the other party reveals a flaw."
Before he knew it, it was already November. At the end of this late autumn and the beginning of winter, Cheng Ran suddenly received a call from Yu Xiao one evening.
Yu Xiao on the phone was extremely excited, "Cheng Ran! Cheng Ran! CCTV-1! CCTV-1!... Watch the commercials in between, it's over now, there will be more later!"
Cheng Ran felt strange about Yu Xiao's keeping it a secret, but he turned on the TV anyway. At that time, the CCTV-1 still had the blue-green logo with a satellite surrounding it, and next to it was an Arabic numeral "1" on a horizontal bar.
A science and education program was being broadcast at that time, which was about the principles of diffuse reflection and refraction of light. At half past eight, an advertisement appeared.
"The benevolent love others, Huiren Group..."
"Di'ao Pharmaceutical..."
Then came a series of advertisements, including program previews, a pharmaceutical factory, and an advertisement for Haier washing machines. Finally, there was the Haier Brothers logo, with the five words "Haier·Made in China" below it.
When Cheng Ran was wondering, an advertisement with a Peking Opera scene appeared. Chow Yun-fat appeared on the screen. Cheng Ran remembered that this was a very famous advertisement at that time. It was about one minute long, but in just one minute, it told the love story of a wanderer returning to his hometown.
It can be regarded as a classic pinnacle in the domestic advertising industry. Even decades later, it is still considered by many to be the best advertisement in China.
On the screen, Chow Yun-fat plays a wanderer who has been away from home for many years. He shuttles among a group of children practicing Peking Opera, feeling sad at the sight, and the picture turns back to a bleak memory. The wanderer thinks of his girlfriend who was a famous opera actress in his hometown many years ago. When his girlfriend was performing on the stage, he was the one who applauded the most in the audience. The two of them made eye contact, and after the performance, he removed the girl's makeup and washed her hair... The gentle and beautiful face of the heroine appears.
Cheng Ran froze. He understood why Yu Xiao was so excited on the phone and kept the secret.
The heroine is... Qin Xizhen.
On TV, Chow Yun-fat's lines sounded, "If life's separations and reunions are a play, then a century of fate is something that has been arranged in advance. Black hair, fate ties us together for a century."
In the last scene, Chow Yun-fat, who plays the returning wanderer, is feeling distressed when he suddenly sees Qin Xizhen, who comes out of the bathhouse with wet hair and is standing there holding a shampoo printed with "Hundred Years of Runfa". The two of them are facing each other.
The gaze interprets an encounter across time and space.
Cheng Ran sat on the sofa in a daze, unable to describe the feeling. The changes brought about by the things in his life that were once imprinted on his cerebral cortex were even more shocking.
Qin Xizhen became the heroine of "Hundred Years of Runfa" and played opposite Chow Yun-fat.
What's slightly different is that, probably because of her fame, she has more screen time.
What kind of incredible changes have I caused
This is to make up for yesterday's update, there is one more today :)